Blue Dacnis

[Doug Brown]

Sorry for my lack of participation on the forum lately! I haven't had any time to take photos for the past couple of months, so I went through my old images to find something post-worthy. Here's a Blue Dacnis female taken in Costa Rica earlier this year. Their feathers are quite coarse looking; this is a faithful representation of the bird's plumage IMO.



Canon 1D Mark IV, 500mm, f/5.6, 1/400, ISO 400, manual exposure, fill flash, tripod

[Satish Ranadive]

Doug Sir:
Marvelous image.I like the composition.
Love the pose of the beautifully colored Dacnis,which superbly pops up on dark green backdrop,colors and lovely details.Nice perch too.
I have not seen this bird before.Male must be more colorful than female. TFS.

Regards,
Satish.

[Marina Scarr]

Stunning bird, Doug. Love the colors, the clean BG, the perch, everything!

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Doug, if this lady has such striking colours, I would be very interested to see how many colours the male has. A lovely pose on a fine moss covered perch, and overall, great fill flash.

[Joe Senzatimore]

Fine choice of image. beautiful colr and comp. Love the detail captured.

[Alan Murphy]

Beautifully done Doug.

[Jim Crosswell]

I like the pose, perch, colours and clean BG. Well done Doug.

[Bill Dix]

A spectacular bird, and beautifully captured. (One of many tropical specialties that I failed to get in either Panama or Costa Rica). Great pose and BG. Interesting about the coarse plumage -- at first glance I thought the image was noisy, but that's certainly not the case at ISO 400, and on close inspection there's some really fine detail.

[Nico Steenberg]

Great looking bird ! Well exposed colours, comp and bg. Super IMG

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Very nice detail and color capture.

[Greg Basco]

Love the female of this species, Doug, and you captured it well all-around. Fill-flash looks right on for my taste. I'll be back there next week with a group -- bet you're jealous but it won't be long for you either

Cheers,
Greg

[Karl Egressy]

Beautiful bird and nicely done, Doug. It would be nice if you posted the male as well. If the female is so nice, the male must be striking.

[Frank Schauf]

Beautiful and colorful image, Doug.

[Doug Brown]

Thanks for the feedback everyone! I've got some images of the male too; I'll get around to posting sometime soon.

[Doug Brown]

Love the female of this species, Doug, and you captured it well all-around. Fill-flash looks right on for my taste. I'll be back there next week with a group -- bet you're jealous but it won't be long for you either

Have a great time! It'll be nice to have you come visit the states next month; I'll enjoy being a host instead of a guest for a change!

[Greg Basco]

Totally looking forward to it, amigo!

Cheers,
Greg

[Robert Holguin]

Excellent shot of a very beautiful bird. Great pose, wonderful background, and perch.
Well done.